The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-19

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,aye become Prime Minister. Every.
,ody accepts the promise: Blessed
re they that are psrsscuted for
iRhie ousnees' sake, tor theirs IL the
Kinedom Of Heaven" bu' they do not
'ealizs the fact that this principle ep.
plies to worldly as we'll az spiritual
,nccees. 1t Ia true in all depa'i-
ments. Had II not been for E,-
chimes who brought, impeachment
against Demosthenes, toe INN rial ora
ton De Corona would move have been
delivered. Men rise to higo political
position through misrep' esen' atop
and the assault Of the public. Public |
abuse is all that some OF our plblic |
men have lad to rely upon for their
II has brought to them
what talent and executive force could
never have achieved. Many Of those
who are making great effort for place
and power will never succeed just
because they are not OF enough i'm
portance to be abused. II e the
nature Of man TO gather about those
who are prosecuted aud defend them.
and they are apt to forget the faults
OF those who are the subjects OF
attack while attempting TO drive back
the slandsrers. Helen Stlrk, a Scotch
martyr, condemned with her husband
to death for Ohrist's sake, said to her
husband: "Rrioics, We have lived to-
gether many joyful days, but this day,
wherein We must die together, ought
to be most joyful to rs both. There.
fore will not bid You good night, for
soon we shall meet In the heavenly
kingdom" BY the q ash OF the furnace
best Christian character 10 demon
strated.
/ 20 into another department, and
find that those great denominatio
OF Christisns which have been most
abused have spread the most rapidly.
No good man was ever more vilely
maltrested than John Wesley. His
followers were hooted at and
malgned, and called by every de.
testsble name that internal ingenuity
could invent, but the hotter the per.
oecution the more rapid the spread Of
that denomination, until you know
what Q great host they have become.
and what tremendous force for God
aud the truth they are welding oil the
world over. II was persecution that
gave Scotland 10 Presbyteriauism. Il
was persecution that gave our
own land first to civil
liberty, and afterward to
religious freedom. Yes, may 20
further back and say II was persecu.
ton that gave the world the great sal.
Walton Of the Gospel. The ribald
mockery, the huneering and thirsting,
the urjust trial and SYNONYMOUS death
where oil the force OF hell's fury was
hurled again.t the cross, was the in
PRODUCTION Of that religion which is
yet 10 be the earth's deliversnce from
guilt and suffering and her everlast-
Ing entbronement among the princi-
| palities OF Heaven. The State has
sometimes said 10 the church: "Oome,
let me take your hand and will help
you" WHAT has been the result7 The
church has gone bick and has lost Its
estate Of holiness and has, become In.
effective. Al other times the state has
said 10 the church: "I'll crush you"
What has been the result7 After the
storms have epent thur fury, the
church, 90 far from having lost any Of
lis force, has increased and IL worth
inani' ely more after the assault than
before Il. The church 10 far more in
deb,ei to the opp ,sition OF civil gov.
eminent than - it, approval. The
fires OF the stake have only been the
torches which Christ held 10 His hand
by the light OF which the church
marched /, her present position. 10
the sound of racks and implements Of
torture hear the rambling Of wheels
Of the Gospel chariot. Scsfolds oil
martyrdom have been the stairs by
which the church has ascended. AQUA
foriis IN the best ties, oil pure gold.
Furthermore, our subject impreeses
us that sius will come TO EXPOSURE.
Lsng, long ago had these brothers cold
Joseph into Egypt. They had sup.
pressed the crime, and Il was q pro.
iouud e,ret we'll kept by the broth
ers. But suddenly the secret IL out
The old father hears tina, hia son IL In
Egypt, hiving been sold there
by the malice Of his bro'hers
How their cheeks must have burned
and their hearts sunk at the a ,mins
on, OF this suppressed crime. Tn,
smallest iniqully has Thousand
tongies and they will blab out an Il
p1sure. Saul was sent TO destroy tn,
Oaoaanites, their sheep and thei
oxen. But wi on he got down Their,
among the pastures he saw some I'm,
sheep and oxen too fat 10 kill, aud q,
he thought he would steal them. Ill
drove them toward home, but soppe,
10 report to the prophet how we'll b,
had executed hiI commission, wheI
In the distance the sheep began I,
bleat snd the oxen 10 below. Tn,
a. cfei was ont and Samuel said b. TIL
blushlrg and coniounded Saul :"wha
means the bleating OF the sheep that
hear and the lowing OF the cattle 2
Aye, my hearers, you cannot keep NJ
iniquity quiet. AT just the wronl
time the sheep will bleat and the oxeI
will below. Achan cannot steal tn,
Babylonish garment without gettinl
stoned to death, nor Benedict ARNOLD
beirAy bis country without having hi
neck stretched. Look over the polici
arrests, these thieves, these burglars
these a5ulterers, these counterieiters
these ighwsymen, those nsassins
They all thought they could bur,
their inlquity 90 deep down that !
would never come 10 resurrection
But there was some shoe tina. an
swered 10 the print In the sand. SONS
false keys found In p. ssession, som
bloody knife that Whispered OF thu
deed, and the public indignation, an,
the austhema Of outraged Law hurrie'
him into the tombs or hoistet hin
on tho gallows. At the close OF tn
battle b,tveen the DAuphin Of Falc'
and he Helvetisns, Burchafd Moni
was 20 elated with the victory that b
lifted hls helmet 10 look of upon tn
Asid, when wounded soldier hurle'
stone that struck his unteyere'
forehead and he fell. Bin will Away
leave some point exposed, andtncre 4
no safety In inquity. Francis i
King Of France, was discussinl
how Il Was beat 10 get his army Int
Italy. Amatil, the court fool, spranI
out Of the corner and said 70 the Kin
and his slati ofiioes; "Yop had bstts
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